diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.test.ts
index 58bcfcca386cf..82ee4a52b65a3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.test.ts
@@ -1314,6 +1314,71 @@ describe('EPM template', () => {
     expect(mappings).toEqual(runtimeFieldMapping);
   });
 
+  it('tests processing dimension fields on a dynamic template object', () => {
+    const textWithRuntimeFieldsLiteralYml = `
+- name: labels.*
+  type: object
+  object_type: keyword
+  dimension: true
+`;
+    const runtimeFieldMapping = {
+      properties: {
+        labels: {
+          type: 'object',
+          dynamic: true,
+        },
+      },
+      dynamic_templates: [
+        {
+          'labels.*': {
+            match_mapping_type: 'string',
+            path_match: 'labels.*',
+            mapping: {
+              type: 'keyword',
+              time_series_dimension: true,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    const fields: Field[] = safeLoad(textWithRuntimeFieldsLiteralYml);
+    const processedFields = processFields(fields);
+    const mappings = generateMappings(processedFields, true);
+    expect(mappings).toEqual(runtimeFieldMapping);
+  });
+
+  it('tests processing dimension fields on a dynamic template field', () => {
+    const textWithRuntimeFieldsLiteralYml = `
+- name: labels.*
+  type: keyword
+  dimension: true
+`;
+    const runtimeFieldMapping = {
+      properties: {
+        labels: {
+          type: 'object',
+          dynamic: true,
+        },
+      },
+      dynamic_templates: [
+        {
+          'labels.*': {
+            match_mapping_type: 'string',
+            path_match: 'labels.*',
+            mapping: {
+              type: 'keyword',
+              time_series_dimension: true,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    const fields: Field[] = safeLoad(textWithRuntimeFieldsLiteralYml);
+    const processedFields = processFields(fields);
+    const mappings = generateMappings(processedFields, true);
+    expect(mappings).toEqual(runtimeFieldMapping);
+  });
+
   it('tests processing scaled_float fields in a dynamic template', () => {
     const textWithRuntimeFieldsLiteralYml = `
 - name: numeric_labels
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts
index 01b1792dc5e79..0cc3816e839a9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ function _generateMappings(
             );
         }
 
+        if (field.dimension && isIndexModeTimeSeries) {
+          dynProperties.time_series_dimension = field.dimension;
+        }
+
         // When a wildcard field specifies the subobjects setting,
         // the parent intermediate object should set the subobjects
         // setting.